Project Title: Indirect human impacts turn off reciprocal feedbacks and decrease ecosystem resilience Date: 2015 Principal Investigator(s): Bertness, M.D., Brisson, C.P., & Crotty, S.M. Summary: Creek bank salt marsh die-off [...]
June 27, 2019
The capacity of buffers to protect water quality is widely acknowledged in scientific literature. However, until now there has not been a way to quantify the ability of constructed or restored buffers to reduce pollution, or for some New England communities to receive credit for their use under MS4 permits...Learn more
Jim Tang, Associate Scientist, the Ecosystems Center Marine Biological Laboratory > Download Presentation PDF
January 23, 2019, March 26, 2019, May 3, 2019
Workshop for Cape Cod Realtors: Stories of devastating storms causing widespread damage in coastal communities have dominated the news in recent times. These costly events have affected people, property, livelihoods, as well as the psychology of those who live and work in coastal communities....Learn more
Russell will focus on trees including assessing your yard for hazards and tree health assessments; how to handle tree damage and find professionals to do tree and other work beyond [...]
Project Title: Sex change in sequentially hermaphroditic slipper limpets Lead Investigator: Maryna Lesoway Affiliation: MBL Whitman Fellow, University of Illinois at Champaign Urbana (home institution) Funding Source(s): MBL Whitman Fellowship, [...]
Lead Investigator: Dr. Nicole Millette Affiliation: Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Funding Source: Woods Hole Sea Grant High inputs of nutrients, specifically nitrogen, is one of the major issues impacting Waquoit [...]
April 12, 2018
This workshop provided a deeper understanding of what living shorelines are, how and where they are being used, and lessons learned from their real world application....Learn more
Project Title: Thin-layer sediment placement: evaluating an adaptation strategy to enhance coastal marsh resilience across the NERRS Lead Investigator: Dr. Kenny Raposa, Research Coordinator, Narragansett Bay National Estuarine Reserve WBNERR [...]
March 28 & 30, 2017
Green Infrastructure incorporates the natural environment and constructed systems that mimic natural processes in an integrated network that benefits nature and people....Learn more
Project Title: Monitoring wind waves in Nantucket Sound off South Cape Beach Date: 2016 Principals: Maxim Sheremet (Sturgis Charter Public School), Chris Weidman (retired, WBNERR) Presentation/Poster: Natural History Conference 2016 [...]
Lead Investigator: Pam Loring (University of Massachusetts – Amherst) Funding Source(s): Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, University of Massachusetts - Amherst, National Science Foundation
Erika D. Johnson Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Funding Source(s): Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Lauren Mullineaux, Dan McCorkle and Bill Martin (WHOI) Funding Source(s): WHOI Coastal Ocean Institute
Anna Michel, Zoe Sandwith (WHOI) Funding Source(s): WHOI
Lead Investigator: Robinson W. “Wally” Fulweiler, Sarah Foster, PhD student, Mollie Yacano, undergraduate researcher Affiliation: Boston University, Earth and Environment Department Funding Source(s): Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program (UROP), Boston University
Matthew Long, WHOI Funding Source(s): WHOI
Project Title: Investigating Salt Marshes as a source of Alkalinity and Low pH, High CO2 water to the Ocean Principal Investigators: Kevin Kroeger, Meagan Gonneea, U.S. Geological Survey: Woods Hole [...]
2016 Ivan Valiela/ Elizabeth Elmstrom Marine Biological Laboratory- The Ecosystems Center Funding Source(s): WHOI Sea Grant
2016 Harriet Booth, Patrick Barrett, Meredith Burke, Dr. David Kimbro Northeastern University Funding Source(s): Northeastern University
2016 Robinson W. Fulweiler(Boston University); Teri O’Meara (University of Auckland) Funding Source(s): Boston University, University of Auckland
Principal Investigators: Dr. Faming Wang, Dr. Jianwu (Jim) Tang, Marine Biological Laboratory We use commercially available tea bags as standardized test kits to gather data on salt marsh decomposition rates. This [...]
June 1, 2016
Learn about best practices for reducing storm damage, key state regulations and available guidance and tools....Learn more
March 19, 2015
Engaging the Community in Planning: Learning from Florida and New England Examples...Learn more
March 12, 2015
Developing Decision-Support Tools to Meet Local Needs: Learning from New Jersey and the Sandy Experience...Learn more
June 25, 2014
Results of monitoring programs for water quality, fisheries and contaminants of emerging concern....Learn more
PI: Darrell Oakley, ESS Group, Inc. Matt Robertson, ESS Group, Inc.
PI: Matthew Long, WHOI Funding: WHOI
PI: Hauke-Kit Powell, WHOI Julia Mason, WHOI Summer Student Funding: WHOI Summer Student Program
Lead Investigator: Wally Fulweiler, Boston University Marine Program Funding Source: MIT-Seagrant The negative consequences of excess nutrient loading alter estuarine sediment nutrient cycling in general and the production of methane in [...]
Project Title: Experimental mapping of coastal habitats using small airborne remote-sensing technology Principal Investigators: Hanu Singh, WHOI, David Fisichella, WHOI, Jim Rassman, WBNERR Summary: WHOI scientists are working with Reserve [...]
PIs: Meagan Gonneea, MIT / WHOI Joint Program, PhD Candidate, NERRS GRF Isaiah Bolden, WHOI Summer Student, Bowdoin College Funding: WHOI Summer Student Program
PIs: Ivan Valiela, MBL Ecosystems Center Oliver Newman, WHOI Guest Student Funding: WHOI, Mariot Foundation
PIs: Adrienne Kovach, University of New Hampshire Jennifer Walsh, University of New Hampshire Funding: USFWS, UNH Seagrant
Project Title: Isotopic Composition of Marine Carbonate Fluid Inclusions – Development of a Biorecording Methodology for Marine and Estuarine Environments Date: Principal Investigators: Weifu Guo, WHOI, Chris Weidman, WBNERR Funding: [...]
PIs: Mary Carman, WHOI Phil Colarusso, EPA-Boston
PIs: Chris Lowe, University of Chicago, MBL Ariel Pani, University of Chicago, MBL
Project Title: Greenhouse Gas Sensing in Coastal and Salt Marsh Environments Date: 2012 Principal Investigators Anna Michel, Princeton University Funding: WHOI and submitted grants (NSF, MIT Seagrant)
PIs: Gina Wimp, Georgetown University Dan Lewis, Georgetown University Shannon Murphy, Denver University Funding: NSF
Project Title: Salt Marsh Sediment Sources – the role of Barrier Beach Aeolian Sand Transport and Deposition Principal Investigator: Camille David, UMASS-Dartmouth, PhD Candidate Advisor: Brian Howes, UMASS-Dartmouth Funding: UMASS-Dartmouth, WBNERR [...]
PI: Hanan Karam, MIT, PhD Candidate Advisor: Charles Harvey, MIT Funding: EPA Star Graduate Fellowship
Project Title: Estuarine Hydrodynamics – the velocity field, tides, seiching, and storm-generated currents Date: 2013 Principal Investigators: Vitalii Sheremet, University of RI, NOAA NMFS Research Fellow, Chris Weidman, WBNERR Funding: [...]
PIs: Rob Evans, WHOI Greg Schultz, Sky Research, Inc. Funding: Sky Research, Inc.
PIs: Rachel Stanley, WHOI Evan Howard, WHOI Funding: WHOI
PIs: Philippe Hensel, National Geodetic Survey Galen Scott, National Geodetic Survey, University of RI Jim Lynch, US Geological Survey WBNERR Staff: Jim Rassman, Jordan Mora, Chris Weidman Description: Sediment Elevation [...]
Project Title: Development of an In-situ Automated pCO2 and Alkalinity Sensor Instrument – RATS Date: 2013 Principal Investigator(s): Dan McCorkle, WHOI, Bill Martin, WHOI, Fred Sayles, WHOI Funding: WHOI Coastal [...]
Project Title: Ocean / Estuarine Acidification – pCO2, pH and Aragonite Saturation State in Waquoit Bay and its Potential Impact on Shellfish Date: 2013 Principal Investigator(s): Dan McCorkle, WHOI, Bill [...]
PI: Chris Maio, UMASS-Boston, PhD Candidate. Advisor: Allan Gontz, UMASS-Boston Funding: UMASS-Boston, Geological Society of America Research Award, collaborative in-kind-WBNERR My research looks at coastal changes that have occurred in [...]
PIs: Jennifer Bowen, UMASS-Boston Ken Foreman, MBL Ecosystems Center Funding: MIT Seagrant Description: Permeable Reactive Barriers (PRBs) are currently being tested at the Waquoit Bay Reserve as a potential partial [...]
